A customer revolt over Elon Musk’s politics helped push sales down for a second year in a row.

It would mark the first time the Chinese firm has outpaced its American rival for annual sales.

The milestone would cap an extraordinary rise for BYD, a company Tesla's Elon Musk once dismissed by laughing at their products.

Tesla stock is down over 6% over the last five days but the market seemed to be expecting Friday's news about EV deliveries.

Sales at Elon Musk’s company slump after Donald Trump’s withdrawal of EV subsidies

La empresa de Elon Musk vende un 8,5% menos y sufre por su deriva política y por la competencia y expansión de otras marcas

A customer revolt over Elon Musk’s politics helped push sales down for a second year in a row.

Decline in sales comes amid outrage of Elon Musk's political forays, end in US electric vehicle tax breaks.